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2019 Polls: African Union Says Elections Generally Peaceful, Orderly - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 23, 2019
TheHead of the African Union, AU Observation Mission, former Prime Minister ofEthiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn has said that Saturday’s presidential andNational Assembly elections were generally peaceful and orderly.
Desalegnobserved this while leading a team of observers to some polling units in Abujaand said there were a number of observers in major geographic regions acrossthe country.
Theformer Prime Minister said the observation mission was in line with the AfricanCharter for Democracy, Elections and Governance and the charter on ElectionObservation and Code of Conduct.
TheHead of mission said the postponement of the general elections by theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC contributed to the process beingpeaceful, calm and orderly. He also expressed hope in the ability of INEC tosolve the few issues that were identified.
TheHead of Mission was accompanied to Nigeria by a seven-member team includingCommissioner for Political Affairs, AU Commissioners Minata Cessouma who isalso the Deputy Head of Mission.


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2019 Polls: APC Wins Lagos, Kwara, Gombe As PDP Takes A/Ibom, Oyo, Abia - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2019
The All Progressives Congress, APC has won the governorshipelections in Lagos, Gombe, Kwara, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Yobe, Niger, Katsina, Ogunand Jigawa states.
The People’sDemocratic Party, PDP however, emerged victorious in Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Oyoand Akwa-Ibom states.
In Lagos, APC’sBabajide Sanwo-Olu was declared winner, polling 739,445 votes to defeat hisarch-rival, Jimi Agbaje of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP who secured206,141 votes.
The contest in KebbiState saw Atiku Bagudu of APC winning with a wide margin, scoring 673,717votes, against the PDP candidate, Isa Galaudu’s106,633 votes. He won in all the21 local governments of the state.
Similarly, JigawaState governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of APC, polled 810,933 votes to defeatPDP’s Aminu Ibrahim Ringim, who polled 288,356 votes.
As for states won bythe PDP, Governor Udom Emmanuel retained his seat, winning in 30 out of the 31local governments of the state.

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2019 Polls: Armed Forces Collaborates With Support Police In Providing Security - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 9, 2019
TheDefence Headquarters has assured that the armed forces would support theNigeria Police Force in ensuring that Nigerians are able to perform their civicobligations in a peaceful and secure environment today.
TheDefence spokesman Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu stated at a news conference in Abujawhere he explained that this role is enshrined in Section 217 of the 1999Constitution of Nigeria, as amended, stipulating that the armed forces could bedeployed to assist the police in maintenance of law and order during elections.
Hesaid in carrying out this task, the armed forces were being guided by the Codeof Conduct and Rules of Engagement that had been provided for militarypersonnel deployed to maintain security during elections.
Hesaid, it is crucial to re-emphasize the directive of the Chief of Defence StaffGeneral Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, that while military personnel have theright to perform their civic duty of voting as provided in the Constitution,they must approach their polling units in civilian clothing.

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2019 Polls: Atiku Condemns Electoral Violence, Mourns Victims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDPAbubakar Atiku, has condemned the violence that claimed the lives of innocentNigerians during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in thecountry.
In a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe in Abuja Atikurestated that no one deserves to die over a process to elect their leaders.
The PDP presidential flagbearer further reaffirmed hisbelief in a popular quote by former President Goodluck Jonathan that nopolitician’s ambition is worth the blood of any innocent Nigerian.
According to Atiku, no politician should celebrate hispolitical gains if they are written in the blood of innocent Nigerians.
He stated that any politician who was sincerely interestedin the progress of the youth should not be using them as cannon fodder for hisor her ambition, adding that the youth deserved jobs and not death.],\ndivθ^K’��

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2019 Polls: Buhari Hosts APC-PCC Staff Situation Room To `Victory Dinner’ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2019
President MuhammaduBuhari has hosted members of the All Progressives Congress, APC PresidentialCampaign Council Situation Room to a victory dinner at the Presidential Villa,Abuja.
The affected staff whoare mostly volunteers, were led by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing,Babatunde Fashola.
Those in attendance atthe dinner included the national chairman of the APC Adams Oshiomhole,Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and otherpresidential aides.
The President had onFebruary 25 during the collation of results of the February23 presidential and national assembly elections paid asurprise visit to the Situation Room to show appreciation for the work beingdone by the staff.
President Buhari alsovisited the Situation Room, where he delivered his acceptance speech shortlyafter he was declared winner of the presidential election by INEC. He thankedNigerians who voted to re-elect him for another four years in office.

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2019 Polls: EFCC Warns Politicians On Votes Buying, Threatens Jail Terms - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2019
Ahead of the presidential election on Saturday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has threatened to arrest and prosecute any politician who engages in vote-buying in any part of the country.
The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, handed down the warning in a statement made available to newsmen, announced a special reward to Nigerians who would volunteer information on those buying or encouraging vote-buying during the polls.
Magu made it clear that those who give out cash and those who receive the cash to undermine the electoral process would be treated as common criminals wherever they are caught.

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2019 Polls: German Foundation Urges Journalists To Be Honest In Their Reportage - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 15, 2019
A German foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftunghas urged media practitioners in the Nigeria to be honest in their reportage ofthe 2019 general poll.
The foundation’s Resident Representative inNigeria, Vladimir Kreck, gave the charge today in Abuja.
According to the Independent NationalElectoral Commission, INEC’s timetable, the Presidential and National Assemblyelection would hold tomorrow Saturday, February 16 whileGovernorship and State Houses of Assembly election is slated for March 2.
Kreck said the role of the media in ensuringfree, fair and peaceful election is to observe and report the electoral processobjectively. He called on the candidates in Saturday’s poll to accept theoutcome of the election peacefully or seek redress in court without incitingviolence.

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2019 Polls: INEC Says Atiku Server Results Claim Fake - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has accused the People’s Democratic Party, PDPs Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, of manufacturing results of the last election to prove his case at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.
The electoral body filed its response at the tribunal in Abuja.
According to some reports, INEC distanced itself from an electronic sheet that purportedly contained the genuine results of the presidential election.
INEC said it does not share information with such an unclassified entity and any information purportedly derived therefrom which does not accord with the result as declared by INEC is not authentic. It added that INEC specifically denies the existence of electronic transmission of results and it is unknown to the Electoral Act 2010.
Atiku’s legal team had submitted the sheet at the tribunal last month, contending it was obtained from an internal compilation of results on INEC’s Internet server.


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2019 Polls: Justice Bako Heads Kaduna Governorship Tribunal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 14, 2019
The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has been inaugurated at the Kaduna High Court along Ibrahim Taiwo road.
The tribunal is headed by Justice I. M. Bako, while  Khadi Adamu Usman and Justice Jude Obiora will serve as members.
Meanwhile, the pre-hearing of the petition filed by the People’s Democratic, PDP governorship candidate in the March 9th poll, Isa Ashiru is expected to begin on Tuesday, May 14th.
Ashiru is challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for returning Governor Nasir El-Rufai, candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC as duly elected in the poll.
Ashiru in his petition alleged that the poll was characterised by massive rigging and irregularities as well as over voting in some parts of the state.
The PDP candidate said that there were documentary evidence to be presented before the  tribunal to prove his claims. He prayed the tribunal to cancel the results of the poll in the affected  areas.


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2019 Polls: Reps To Revisit Vetoed Electoral Act - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2019
TheHouse Of Representatives Has Vowed To Revisit The Amended 2010 Electoral Act,Which Was Rejected Four Times By President Muhammadu Buhari, Last Year, AheadOf The Recently Concluded General Elections.
HouseLeader, Femi Gbajabiamila, Said This When, When He Led A Delegation Of AllProgressives Congress Apc Lawmakers To Brief Newsmen On The Outcome Of The 2019General Elections.
AccordingTo Him, A Wholesale Review Of The Electoral Act Was Necessary In Order To AddressNoticeable Grey Areas And Imperfections In The Recently Conducted Elections.
HeSaid Although The Elections Were Largely Free And Fair, With No Victor OrVanquished, There Was Always Need For Improvement And Continuous Reform, As NoSystem Was Perfect.
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2019 Presidential Election: Buhari, APC, INEC Urge Tribunal To Dismiss Atiku, PDP Petition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 11, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari today prayed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal todismiss petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party PDP and itsPresidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar against his February 23rd re-election.
Buharimade the prayer through his Counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, in a motion adoptedand argued on today before Justice Mohammed Garba-led five-man panel in Abuja.
Olanipekunsubmitted that the petition was fundamentally defective, adding that his clientwon the presidential election “square and clear’’.
Heexplained that the allegations advanced by the petitioners were meretheoretical assumptions that could not stand the test of critical legal debate.
Thetribunal also entertained the president’s motion that sought to effectamendment on the identities and addresses of counsel representing him.
Similarly,the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC asked the tribunal todismiss the petition brought by PDP and Atiku against a “flawless’’ electionthat was won by Buhari.
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2019 Presidential Election: Tribunal Dismisses PDP, Atiku’s Petition Challenging Buhari’s Victory - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 11, 2019
The PresidentialElection Petitions Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the PeoplesDemocratic Party and its candidate in the 2019 Presidential electionchallenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in its entirety.
Part of the decisionsreached so far are: President Muhammadu Buhari was eminently qualified tocontest the February 23, 2019 presidential election
Buhari did not give information in anaffidavit submitted to INEC concerning his academic qualification
The manual for theelection issued by INEC did not provide for electronic transmission of resultsof the election
Petitioners failed to prove that electionresults were transmitted electronically.
Petitioners’ Witness59, who was brought from Kenya, failed to prove that there was an INEC server.
PW59 relied on hearsay information about the said INEC server posted on a website, www.factsdontlie.com by a purported whistle blower who was never known.
Card reader machine was not used to transmit results during the election but for mere authentication of ownership of voter cards.
Petitioners merelydumped documents particularly electoral materials on the tribunal withoutdemonstrating them by tying the evidence of any of their 62 witnesses to thedocuments in their bid to prove the allegations in their petition

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2019 Presidential Inauguration: FG Declares Wednesday, May 29th Public Holiday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 28, 2019
TheFederal Government has declared Wednesday, May 29, as a workfree day, in commemoration of the Presidential Inauguration.
Theoutgoing Minister of Interior Abdulrahman Dambazau made the declaration onbehalf of the Federal Government, in a statement in Abuja.
TheMinister congratulated President Buhari for his re-election and Nigerians forthe successful conduct of the 2019 elections, which were widely acknowledged ascredible.
Hecalled on Nigerians to support the policies and programmes of the incomingadministration.
Dambazausaid these policies are all geared towards the improvement of the lives of thecitizens, as well as the unity, growth and development of the nation, as itmoves to the next level.He expressed confidence that, with thecollaboration of all Nigerians, the nation would be transformed in the nextfour years to a country that would be the envy of other nations.


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2019 Presidential Inauguration: FG Declares Wednesday, May 29th Public Holiday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 28, 2019
TheFederal Government Has Declared Wednesday, May 29, As A WorkFree Day, In Commemoration Of The Presidential Inauguration.
TheOutgoing Minister Of Interior Abdulrahman Dambazau Made The Declaration OnBehalf Of The Federal Government, In A Statement In Abuja.
TheMinister Congratulated President Buhari For His Re-Election And Nigerians ForThe Successful Conduct Of The 2019 Elections, Which Were Widely Acknowledged AsCredible.
HeCalled On Nigerians To Support The Policies And Programmes Of The IncomingAdministration.
DambazauSaid These Policies Are All Geared Towards The Improvement Of The Lives Of TheCitizens, As Well As The Unity, Growth And Development Of The Nation, As ItMoves To The Next Level.
HeExpressed Confidence That, With The Collaboration Of All Nigerians, The NationWould Be Transformed In The Next Four Years To A Country That Would Be The EnvyOf Other Nations.


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2019 Presidential Poll: Atiku, PDP Insist Buhari Not Qualified To Contest - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2019
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP and its presidentialcandidate in the February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar maintained that PresidentMuhammadu Buhari was not qualified to have contested the poll. This is comingahead of the August 21st date for submission of final written addresses byparties to their petition,
In the final written address filed before the PresidentialElection Petition Tribunal, they alleged that Buhari should be disqualified.
They had filed objections against the All ProgressivesCongress, APC, President Buhari and the Independent National ElectoralCommission, INEC. They asserted that they have proved all allegations containedin their supplication against the conduct of the election by the electoralbody.
Their lead counsel, Levy Uzoukwu, SAN in a forty three-pagefinal address filed on behalf of the petitioners, they demanded that they haveproven the fact that Buhari lacked the vital academic qualification for theposition of Nigeria’s President.


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2019 Presidential Poll: Tribunal Fixes May 15, May 16 For Pre-Hearing Sittings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 8, 2019
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday fixed May 15 and May 16 for the pre-hearing session  in the petitions filed by the candidate of PDP in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, three other political parties and their presidential candidates.
They are challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
At the inaugural sitting at the Appeal Court complex, Abuja, Chairman of the five-man tribunal panel, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, urge all counsel representing parties in the matter to identify the petitions and applications filed before the tribunal.
Bukachuwa who is also the President of the Appeal Court, assured all stakeholders that each litigant would be given equal opportunity to present his case in a mature manner.
Atiku, PDP and the others, in their various petitions, are seeking the nullification of Buhari’s victory at the Feb. 23 presidential poll on allegations of widespread rigging, violations of the Electoral Act, suppression of voters, violence amongst other electoral malpractices.


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2019 Presidential Polls: Only 35% Of Voters Voted —INEC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission says only 35 per cent of registeredvoters voted in the just concluded presidential elections.
Accordingto the data just released by the commission the percentage represents28,614,190 people who cast their votes during the elections, representing 0.19per cent less than the accredited voters, who made up a total of 35.66 percent, that is 29,364, 209 of the total registered voters.
Furthermore,the data showed that just 33.18 per cent, that is over 27 million, out of theover 82 million registered voters were the valid votes that informed the finaldecision.
KanoState recorded the highest number of votes cast with over 1.9 million and over1.8 million valid votes.
Similarly,Jigawa recorded the highest rate of voter turnout, with 55.67 per cent, that is1,171,801, out of its registered voters that showed up for accreditation.
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2019 Presidential Polls: Supreme Court Fixes Wednesday To Hear Atiku’s Appeal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2019
The Supreme Court is expected tohear the appeal filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP and its candidatein the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday.
PDP and Atiku are asking requestingfor a reversal of the September 11 decision of the Presidential ElectionPetition Court upholding President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory.
The Supreme Court is expected tohear a counter-appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC challenging aportion of the verdict, which is asking Cout to reconsider the tribunal’sdecision to accept evidence by three petitioners.
It was gathered that counsel to bothparties have been notified of the hearing date.
The Election Tribunal resolved thefive issues raised for determination in favour of the respondents theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Buhari and the APC.

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2019 Presidential Polls: Supreme Court Hears Atiku’s Appeal Against Buhari Today - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 30, 2019
The Supreme Court is expected totoday, Wednesday hear the petitions filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDPand its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging President MuhammaduBuhari’s victory at the February 23rd election.
PDP and Atiku are challenging theSeptember 11 judgment of the Justice Mohammed Garba-led Presidential ElectionPetitions Tribunal which confirmed President Buhari’s victory at the polls.
The appeals hearing have caused somearguments especially due to the silence of the Supreme Court on the justicesthat would constitute the panel, with the Coalition of United ProgressivesParty, CUPP seeking the use of superiority in the selection.
A senior member of Atiku’s legalteam, Chris Uche, SAN said they considered it strange that as at yesterday, thepetitioners still did not know those that would constitute the panel.
On his part, a top member ofPresident Buhari’s legal team, Alex Izinyon, SAN said the team is notinterested in knowing the justices of the Court that would constitute the panelto hear the appeals.

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2019 Rainy Season: Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency Predicts In Flooding 30 States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 26, 2019
The nation’s hydrological agency has said No fewer than 74 Local Government Areas in 30 states in Nigeria would experience severe flooding in June, July, August and September.
Another 279 local government areas would experience minimum flooding across the country in the period, it added.
Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency,NIHSA, Clement Nze, under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, gave the prediction at a Stakeholders’ Validation Workshop in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
He attributed the flooding to climate change and other man-made factors, including the dumping of refuse in drains and building of structures on natural water channels.
The director-general said the workshop organised by NIHSA in collaboration with Shell Petroleum Development Company sought to tackle the menace of flooding in the country.


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2019 Salary Arrears: Legislative Aides Threaten To Picket National Assembly - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 27, 2021
They resolved to ground all activities at the Assembly to press home their demands, as they decried the series of alleged infractions perpetrated by the National Assembly Management.
The group Coordinator, Salary Arrears Affected Legislative Aides, Zebis Prince, stated this in a statement in Abuja, co-signed by five other colleagues. They maintained that they were being owed 3.1 billion naira, comprising 1.35 billion naira in salary arrears and 1.75 billion naira for consequential adjustment on minimum wage.
According to them, while over 1,300 aides were still being owed salary arrears, none of the 2,345 legislative aides has received the consequential adjustment on minimum wage, since their appointments in June 2019.
The group alleged that the Clerk of the National Assembly, Amos Ojo, had disobeyed a resolution passed by the House of Representatives mandating him to pay the arrears.
Reacting to the development, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Ojo Adetunji said the management of the national assembly had since met with the leadership of the group.

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2019 UEFA U-17: Eaglets Beat Hosts Turkey - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 23, 2019
Golden Eaglets began their UEFAUnder-17 International Tournament campaign with a 2-0 win against hosts Turkey.
Olakunle Olusegun scored the firstgoal before substitute Divine Nwachukwu sealed the win for the five-time worldchampions in the 90minute.
Nigeria’s Under-17 side will battleGuatemala in their next game on Tuesday, before wrapping up their group gamesagainst Senegal on Thursday.
Eaglets Head Coach Manu Garbadescribed the game as a perfect opportunity to test the readiness of theplayers for the task ahead at the Under-17 World Cup next month in Brazil.
The eight participating teams at theUEFA/CAF Under-17 International Tournament are hosts Turkey, Nigeria, Scotland,Angola, Cameroon, Senegal, Paraguay and Guatemala.

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2019 UTME: No Cut-Off Marks Yet, Says JAMB - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 5, 2019
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB says it has not published the national and general minimum cut-off marks for placement of candidates into the nation’s tertiary institutions as being speculated in some quarters.
The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday in Lagos.
According to him, there is no truth behind such speculations, adding that some persons, whom he described as fraudulent elements were behind the development with a ploy to defraud innocent Nigerians especially the candidates.
Benjamin said the cut-off marks could only be arrived at with the inputs of critical stakeholders in the education sector sheduled for days ahead.
Benjamin explained that the next policy meeting would be holding on Tuesday, June 11, at Gbongan in Osun.
The spokesman noted that already, preparations for the meeting had been concluded, adding that officials of the Ministry of Education were expected to attend.


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2019 WAAW: NCDC, WHO, Others Walk To Raise Awareness About AMR Threat - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 18, 2019
NigeriaCentre for Disease Control NCDC and Federal Ministry of Health has organised awalk to mark World Antibiotics Awareness Week WAAW.
TheDirector General of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said that the walk was to raiseawareness about the threat of antibiotics resistance and the importance ofappropriate antibiotics prescription.
Theawareness walk was carried out in partnership with Federal Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development FMARD,
WAAWis marked yearly in November to increase global awareness of antibioticsresistance and to encourage best practices among stakeholders to avoid furtherspread of antibiotics resistance.
Theannual event set aside by WHO is to create global awareness of antibioticsresistance toward promoting behavioural change and rational use of antibiotics.
TheNCDC director general said that many reasons accounted for the increasingspread of Antimicrobial Resistance AMR.

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2019 WAFU: Super Falcons Win Women’s Cup Beating Host Cote D’ivoire - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 19, 2019
The Super Falcons won the 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup inAbidjan after defeating hosts Cote d’Ivoire 5-4 on penalty kicks.
Both sides went into a penalty shootout after a 1-1draw in the game played at the Stade-Robert Champroux de Macory.
The Super Falcons had advanced into the final matchfollowing their triumph over 2018 winners Ghana via penalty kicks on Thursday.
The Ivorians, who were last year’s finalists, haddefeated Mali 2-1 in the competition’s second semi-final match to secure aback-to-back final spot.
The Ivorians dominated proceedings in the openingminutes of the encounter but failed to find the back of the net until the 42ndminute.
That was when Ange Koko Nguessan’s free-kick brokethe deadlock.
But Uchenna Kanu’s equaliser in the closing stagesof the game put the hosts’ celebrations on hold.
Following the triumph in Abidjan, the team isexpected to return to Abuja today Sunday as they shift focus to the FIFAWomen’s World Cup, starting in France next month.


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2019 WASSCE: NUT To Investigate Alleged Teachers’ Involvement In Malpractice - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 24, 2019
A former President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT Michael Alogba-Olukoya says the union will not hesitate to sanction teachers aiding and assisting examination malpractice.
He said in Lagos that teachers’ involvement in examination malpractice in any form would make mockery of the teaching profession and should be severely punished.
Alogba-Olukoya said that investigation of all alleged cases of teachers’ involvement in examination malpractice would sanitize the teaching and redeem teachers’ image. He spoke against the backdrop of parade of three teachers allegedly involved in examination malpractice.
The teachers were paraded along with two other suspects, by the police at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
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2019 Wheat Season: Institute Trains Farmers On Egyptian Technique - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 18, 2019
The Lake Chad Research Institutesaddled with wheat production in Nigeria had begun training of farmers on newmechanised farming techniques adopted from Egypt.
The new wheat farming techniqueinvolves the use of a combine planter and ridge making machine aimed atimproving production in Nigeria.
The Zonal Coordinator Technology forAfrican Agricultural Transformation, TAAT, Ibrahim Umar Abubakar announced thisat the 2019 pre-season training workshop for irrigated wheat and the launchingof this year’s wheat farming season. The training organized for wheat farmersby Lake Chad Research Institute in collaboration with TAAT, Sasakawa Africa,Federal Ministry of Agriculture and other development agencies held in Kano.
According to Abubakar, the newlyadopted systems would be demonstrated to farmers in some selected farms for thefarmers to see the efficacy of the techniques.
Also Wheat Farmers Association ofNigeria President Salim Muhammad stated that farmers have been operating onlost for quite a long time, adding that, the training will assist them toimprove their yield per hectare.


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2019 Women Afrobasket: Sports Minister Receives Trophy, D’tigress, Board Members - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2019
Thetriumphant D’Tigress team and some members of the Nigeria Basketball Federationboard, led by its President Musa Kida paid a courtesy visit on the newlyappointed Sports Minister Dare Sunday, in his office in Abuja.
Whilepresenting the trophy, the Federation’s President Kida described the event as asignificant one which marks the beginning of many things to come for the newMinister.
The event,which had the Permanent Secretary and some officials of sports ministry, sawthe presentation of the 2019 AFROBASKET Women trophy to the Minister.
He said thecourtesy visit was the federation’s way of welcoming the Minister to office,while celebrating the 2019 AFROBASKET trophy with him as the number one sportsadministrator in the country.
TheMinister, while addressing the team, said Basketball has come to stay in thiscountry. He challenged the federation and the D’Tigress to intensify their hardwork, stressing that the result of hard work is more work.

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2019 Work Plan: Federal Government Committed To Provision Of Water Supply, Sanitation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 28, 2019
The Federal Government has expressed commitment to theprovision of adequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene, WASH in thecountry.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of WaterResources, Comfort Ekaro said this at a mid-year review meeting for the FederalGovernment/UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme in Abuja.
She said that government’s commitment was in line with thenational and global targets of creating opportunities for improvement of lives,economic development and national productivity.
According to Ekaro,, investment in water and sanitationyields enormous benefits to individuals and the nation at large.
In line with the 2019 Annual Work Plan geared toward theachievement of the Sustainable Development Goal Six for water and sanitation,she said that a technical committee would be constituted to develop the WaterQuality Management Roadmap.
The Chief of WASH, UNICEF Nigeria Zaid Jurji, said that themeeting was to appraise the progress on the implementation of the 2019 annualwork plan and collate inputs for the realisation of 2019 targets.


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2019 World Day: FG To Initiate Policies To Attract Teachers To Rural Communities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says hisadministration will offer policies that will provide allowances and initiateannual retention benefits for teachers in order to attract them to ruralcommunities.
Buhari, who was represented by theAttorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami made this known inAbuja today at the 2019 World Teachers’ Day Celebration.
He also said the Federal Governmentwould collaborate with the states with a view to providing incentives toteachers, especially in the rural areas to encourage young talents to theteaching profession.
Meanwhile, the Minister ofEducation, Adamu Adamu said the theme of the 2019 WTD was progressivelyaddressing some of the fundamental issues of teachers and education generallyin the country. He explained that to revitalise the sector, there was need tounleash potentials for socioeconomic development.
In his message, National President,Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT Muhammed Idris, called for policy redirectionthat would enhance the occupational and social status of teachers and engenderfulfilling teaching career.

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2019 World Hypertension Day: Association Calls For Adequate Awareness Against Hypertension - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 18, 2019
TheNational Association of Seadogs , Pyrates Confraternity has called ongovernment at all levels to create adequate awareness against the current highrate of hypertension in the country.
TheMedical Director of the association, Dr Joseph Oteri, made the call in Abuja ata sensitisation/awareness programme to mark the 2019 World Hypertension Day.
Theworld hypertension day is usually marked every May 17 to sensitise people onthe danger and how to manage the illness.
Accordingto Oteri, government needs to create more awareness for the people and put inplace various measures that will reduce the prospect of having it.
Heattributed the illness which he said was common in the South West part of thecountry to poor dieting and lifestyle.
Oterisaid 30 per cent of the cases was a result of salt intake, 20 per centreduction in fruit and vegetable, while 20 per cent is from inactive lifestyle.He added that the remaining 30 per cent could beattributed to lack of general proper dieting.


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2019 World Press Freedom Day: Saraki Says No Good Governance Without Press Freedom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 4, 2019
SenatePresident, Bukola Saraki, has said that there could be no good governance inany country where press freedom was not guaranteed.
Sarakistated this in a goodwill message at a conference in Abuja to mark the 2019World Press Freedom Day for Investigative Journalism.
Thetheme of the conference was: ‘Press Freedom in Nigeria — the Rule of Law, Mediaand Violent Extremism’.
Saraki,who was represented by the Deputy Minority Whip of the Senate, Philip Aduda,emphasised that the 8th Senate valued the media as crucial partners in thequest to build a stronger and more vibrant democracy.
TheEuropean Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen inhis remarks also noted that democratic process was linked to the state offreedom of expression as well as media freedom and pluralism.Karlsen explained that investigative journalismplayed a significant role in the fight against corruption, in sharinginformation and analysis of ongoing conflicts and holding politicians andAmbassadors to their promises.


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2019 Yuletide: Federal Government Pledges Stable Power Supply - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 22, 2019
The Federal Governmenthas assured of improved power supply during and after the yuletide, saying thatit is working assiduously to ensure stable electricity supply in the country.
According to astatement, the Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba, gave the assuranceat a tour of facilities at the Azura Power Plant in Ihovbor Village, Edo State.
He said electricitysupply had improved compared to what it used to be in the past. He also warnedagainst sabotage of power infrastructure to complement government’s efforts inproviding constant power supply in the country.
He said Azura isworking to make power available to Nigeria. The power sector is improvinggradually and electricity supply is now better.
Also speaking, theManaging Director, Azura Power West Africa, Edu Okeke announced y thatsufficient power supply is possible in the country following investments in the461 megawatts Azura-Edo Independent Power Project.

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2020 Agreement: President Buhari, Religious Leaders Beg, As ASUU Threatens Industrial Action - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 7, 2022
It was learnt that circulars issued by the various branches of ASUU announcing the resolution, noted that the lecture-free day would be used to sensitise the university communities and the public on the failure of the government to honour an agreement the parties entered into December 2020, and which led to the suspension of a nine-month prolonged strike then.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had pledged the commitment of his administration to fulfilling the agreement with the union. Buhari made the promise when members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, NIREC visited him to share thoughts with him on the lingering issues.
ASUU National President, Emmanuel Osedeke confirmed the order and also that the national body had instructed all the chapters to sensitise the public on the nobleness of its cause.
ASUU said the Federal Government partially addressed two of its eight demands, including the visitation panel to federal universities, describing  the release of funds for the Earned Academic Allowance and revitalisation funds as ‘partial’.

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2020 Appropriation Bill: Works, Power, Get Highest Budget Allocation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 9, 2019
The Ministry of Works and Housing gotthe highest projected sharing of about two hundred and sixty two billion nairafrom the ten point three trillion naira budget proposal.
This was contained in the proposal aspresented by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the NationalAssembly on Tuesday.
He said that the projected allocationof Ministry of Power was one hundred and twenty seven billion naira and that ofTransportation was one hundred and twenty three billion naira.
President Buhari in the budgetproposals anchored all the estimates and projections on parameters earlierproposed and approved by the National Assembly as contained in the 2020 to 2022Medium Term Expenditure Frame work, MTEF and Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP.
He however, said inflation isexpected to remain slightly above single digits in 2020.

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2020 Batch “A”: NYSC Warns  On Fake On-Line Registration For Orientation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2020
TheNational Youth Service Corps, NYSC has not released any date for thecommencement of online registration in respect of 2020 Batch “A” Orientationprogramme.
Thescheme’s Director, Press and Public Relations Adenike Adeyemi, who made thisknown in a statement in Abuja, said NYSC management did not issue anadvertorial for the commencement of the registration.
Sheadded that the purported advertorial was the handiwork of fraudsters to extortprospective corps members.
Adeyemisaid that once the activities are scheduled, the public would be duly notifiedthrough advertorials in both the print and social media. According to her,members of the public, particularly prospective corps members should disregardthe fake advertorial in its entirety.

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2020 Budget: Association Asks FG To Capture Residency Training Funds - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2019
TheNigeria Association of Resident Doctors, NARD has appealed to the FederalGovernment to capture residency training funds in the 2020 appropriation bill.
TheAssociation’s newly-elected National President, Aliyu Sokomba made the appealduring his maiden news conference at the close of NARD annual general meetingin Kaduna.
Itsaid that capturing the funds in the 2020 budget would enhance training andoptimal performance of members in health services delivery.
Sokombasaid that after the three days scientific conference and the meeting, theassociation resolved to take urgent steps to improve the working conditions ofmembers at the state tertiary health institutions.
Heexplained that the association would engage the various state governments andrelevant stakeholders to advocate for the improvement in the working conditionsof its members.

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2020 Budget: Buhari Presents N10.33trn Appropriation Bill To NASS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 8, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari today presented the 2020 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly.
Read This: 2020: Buhari To Present Budget To NASS On October 8th
Buhari, whoaddressed the joint session of NASS, unveiled a budget of ten point threetrillion naira for the 2020 financial year.
The FederalExecutive Council had proposed ten point zero seven trillion naira for thefinancial year but the figure was increased to ten point three trillion nairaby the National Assembly.
ThePresident said the budget is designed to be a budget of “Fiscal consolidationto strengthen our macro-economic environment; Investing in criticalinfrastructure, human capital development and enabling institutions, especiallyin key job creating sectors.
He addedthat the budget was meant for incentivising private sector investment essentialto complement the government’s development plans, policies and programmes; andenhancing our social investment programmes to further deepen their impact onthose marginalised and most vulnerable Nigerians.

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2020 Budget: Federal Government Earmarks Over N9bn For Agriculture, Rural Devt - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 30, 2019
The Federal Government has earmarked over nine-billion nairafor agriculture and rural development in the 2020 budget, saying theimplementation of the budget would commence on January 1, 2020.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,Zainab Ahmed, explained that the overall deficit is two-point-one-seven-fivetrillion naira for 2020. She added that this represents 52 percent of the GrossDomestic Product, GDP, which is within the threshold stipulated in the FiscalResponsibility Act.
Zainab also noted that the deficit is to be financed mainlyby borrowings from domestic sources,seven-hundred-and-forty-four-point-nine-nine billion naira; foreign sources,eight-hundred-and-fifty billion naira and multi-lateral/bi-lateral loandrawdowns, three-hundred-and-twenty-eight-point-one-three  billion naira.
Giving a breakdown of the 2020 budget in Abuja, the Ministerexplained that the nine billion naira for agriculture would boost the promotionand development of the sector in more than thirty different commodities.

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2020 Budget: Lawan Urges Buhari To Present Appropriation Bill By September - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2019
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has asked President MuhammaduBuhari to lay before the National Assembly the 2020 Appropriation Bill bySeptember ending for its passage by December.
Lawal also appealed to the executive arm of government onthe need to be on the same page with the legislature to reverse the unwelcometrend of the current budget cycle in Nigeria and ensure its passage before thelawmakers go on Christmas break.
The Senate President said upon his return from pilgrimage toSaudi Arabia that with the recent constitution of relevant committees, theNational Assembly is now more prepared to work for Nigerians.
Lawan also said the constitution of legislative committees,which took place before the National Assembly went on its annual recess, placesthe legislature in a better position.
He urged Nigerians to continue to pray for their leaders,saying that leaders are expected to serve the people and no leader would liketo deliberately fail to perform.


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2020 Budget: N4.63t Debt Service And Deficit Okay, Say Reps - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 8, 2019
The Chairman of the House Committee on Finance,James Faleke, has said there is no need for consternation on the part ofNigerians over the 4.63 trillion naira earmarked for deficit budget financingand debt servicing, out of the proposed budget of 10.33 trillion naira for theyear 2020.
Faleke spoke in a chat at the National Assembly.
The 2020 budget is proposing 2.45 billion naira fordebt servicing and 2.18 billion naira as deficit. But the lawmaker said thereis no need for fear over the figure.
While speaking on the implementation of the budget,Faleke said the essence of having the budget to start from January to Decemberis for it to be properly implemented.
According to the lawmaker, a January to Decemberbudget circle will assist in revenue collection.

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2020 Budget: NASS Will Pass Appropriation Before December 31 - Lawan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 9, 2019
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has saidthat Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs are expected to appear before Committeesof the Senate this month to defend their vote in the 2020 Budget.
Lawan stated this at the presentationof the budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, during a joint session of theNational Assembly on Tuesday.
He said for timely passage of the budget,all MDAs should appear before the committees for the defence within this month.He added that the national assembly committees were ready to receive ministersand other heads of agencies for the budget defence
Lawan said that the presentation ofthe budget marked another day of exercising the constitutional obligations andmandates by both the legislature and the executive as provided for in Section81 of the 1999 Constitution.


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2020 Budget: President Buhari May Submit Appropriation Bill September Ending - Gbajabiamila - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 7, 2019
The House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, says President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to submit the 2020 budget proposal to the National Assembly by the end of September.
Gbajabiamila, who spoke after a closed-door meeting with the President, said it may be the end of this month or shortly thereafter.
Read This: Women: NCWS Commends Speaker, Gbajabiamila For Declaring State Of Emergency On Status
The Speaker said they also deliberated on security challenges and the 9.6 billion dollars judgment against Nigeria in favour of Process and Industrial Development.

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2020 Budget: President Buhari Signs Bill Into Law Today - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 17, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to sign the 2020Appropriation Bill today.
The National Assembly had on December 5th increased the total
estimates from the proposed 10.33 to 10.6trillion naira.
President Buhari had on October 8th presented a budgetproposal of
ten-point-three-three trillion naira, tagged:“Budget of Sustaining
Growth and Job Creation for the FederalGovernment”, at the joint
session of the National Assembly in Abuja.

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2020 Budget: REPS Commence Debate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 10, 2019
The House of Representatives has began the debateinto the general principle of the 2020 Appropriation bill.
The 10.33 trillion naira budget was presentedTuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari before a joint session of the NationalAssembly.
The both chambers of the assembly had earlierassured of passage before the end of the year.
The members of the house, however, began debate in amotion moved by the Leader of the House, Alhassan Ado Doguwa.
In his contribution, Mohammed Monguno commended theFederal Government for the allocation to the Agriculture sector and the NorthEast Development Commission NEDC.
Also speaking in support of the bill, Luke Onofiokcommended the President for his commitment to ensure the timely implementationof the budget.
Onofiok lauded the Federal Government for allocation to investments in sea portsin the Niger Delta.The lawmaker, however, expressed concern thatthe amount allocated to Debt Service was more than what was allocated toCapital Expenditure.

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2020 Budget: Reps Minority Caucus Promises To Monitor Implementation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 9, 2019
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu has pledged the commitment of members of the opposition parties in the House to ensure effective implementation of the 2020 Budget.
Elumelu, who made thepledge in a statement in Abuja, said the opposition caucus would step up itsoversight activities for effective monitoring and implementation of the 10.59trillion naira budget for the 2020 fiscal year.
He said the minorityleadership has worked out an end-to-end monitoring strategy that would ensureeffective implementation, check corruption, diversions and plug waste.
The Minority Leaderadded that no stone would be left unturned in ensuring that budgetaryprovisions, especially the ones that have direct bearing on the well-being ofthe masses were fully implemented.
The lawmaker said partof the implementation monitoring strategy was to stimulate citizen’s ownershipof budgetary project by carrying the people along through free-flow ofinformation.

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2020 Budget: Reps Query ₦127bn Power Allocation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2019
The House of Representatives, Committee on Power has questioned the 127 billion niara budgeted for the Ministry of Power in the 2020 appropriation bill.
The committee, chaired by Aliyu Dau queried the Minister of Power Saleh Mamman and the Permanent Secretary, Louis Edozien during the ministry’s budget defence.
The Lawmakers raised worries that the government is spending funds on the planned Mambilla Hydropower Project plant which was conceived over 40 years.
Edozien explained that some things had to be carried out before the project would be materialised.
The Permanent Secretary reiterated that Presidents Buhari and Xi Jinping agreed, in 2018, that the Chinese Export Import Bank would fund 85 per cent of the expected cost and the Federal Government will finance 15 per cent.
A member of the committee Sada Soli also suggested that the project be taken out of the ministry and given a “special purpose vehicle” if it were to be realised.

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2020 Budget: Reps To Monitor Revenue Collection, Projects - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2019
The House of Representatives say it is ready to ensure thefunding of the 2020 budget to enable the projects itemized in the budget cometo completion.
The committee is also to monitor all Ministries, Departmentsand Agencies, MDAs, Collecting Banks, Corporate bodies of Government, who areexpected to cooperate with the Committee in carrying out the functions.
The Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Abiodun Fakeke, ina statement said it will consequently start its job on the 2020 revenueappropriation implementation from January 16th, 2020.
The Committee on Finance will use the new Federal Governmenttransparency initiative on expenditure disclosure by MDAs, to ensureextra-budgetary expenditures are enhanced for revenue remittances to thetreasury.

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2020 Budget: Senate Insists On Passing Bill By November 28 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 12, 2019
The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan has maintained that the national assembly would ensure the passage of the 2020 appropriation bill of 10.33 trillion naira by November 28.
Lawan who announced this duringplenary also called on the Committee on Appropriation to lay its reports beforethe Senate by November 26. He applauded all the committees forworking hard to ensure that the budget worked within defined limits.
It would be called that PresidentMuhammadu Buhari had while presenting the 2020 budget proposal to the jointsession of the National Assembly sought the lawmakers’ approval to change thebudget circle to January to December.

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2020: Buhari To Present Budget To NASS On October 8th - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 3, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari will present 2020 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly, October 8th.
Chairman,Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Adedayo Adeyeye disclosed this ata news conference shortly after today’s plenary.
He said it will be the first time the executive would be presenting the budget in October.
Read This: Appropriation: Buhari Presents 2020 Budget To National Assembly Next Week
He said theNational Assembly was committed to passing the budget before the end ofDecember.

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2020 Eid El-Fitr: ATAR Communications Chief Greets Muslims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 24, 2020
The Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nigeria Limited Dr. Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan wishes all Liberty Television, Liberty Radios audience and followers, clients and partners Happy Eid el-Fitr and appreciated their patronage and support.
Ramalan in his Sallah message said the media outfits are committed to continue doing their possible best towards bringing improved quality information, enlightenment, entertainment and more programmes.
He however, noted with concern that this year’s Eid-el-Fitr came when the country and the whole world is hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with its attendant toll on individual and public lives, assets, investments, institutions and more, saying there could not be a more trying time, while the pandemic disturbs the global health system.
The Executive Chairman said Liberty commend all frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, likewise those enlightening and updating the public on the pandemic. He also advised citizens observe all anti-COVID-19 advisories and the lockdown order imposed by authorities in public interest.


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2020 Eid-El-Fitri: Buhari, Atiku, Lawan, Others Salute Muslims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 24, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Muslims to keep their spirits up in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has dampened celebration of the end of the Ramadan fasting period.
The President, who gave the advice in his Sallah message to Muslims on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, also assured citizens that the coronavirus lockdown measures would not go on longer than necessary. He noted that they would be reviewed from time to time to ease the increasing hardship on the people.
Buhari in a statement said for the first time in recent years, the COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on the people’s spiritual, social and economic lives.  He commended both Muslims and Christians for their cooperation in the enforcement of the social distancing guidelines.
Also the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, in a message to mark the Eid-el-Fitr, called on Muslims to continue to pray for the country for God’s intervention against all the challenges that confront the nation.
On his part, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said the Eid-il-fitr celebrations marking the end of the 2020 Ramadan fasting should be equally be considered epochal as it was observed without the mandatory congressional prayers.


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2020: FG Proposes N9.78trn Budget - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 11, 2019
The Federal Government has presented the medium termexpenditure framework and fiscal strategy paper where it proposed a totalbudget of 9.78 trillion naira for 2020.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and NationalPlanning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed who made the presentation, also proposed abudget of 10.1 trillion naira for 2021 and 10.4 trillion naira for 2022.
The crude oil benchmark for 2019 budget is put at 60dollars per barrel whilst for 2020-2022, it is reduced to 55 dollars per barrelwith the oil production benchmark put at 2.18 million barrels per day.
Ahmed also noted that “the 2020 to 2022 fiscal yearswill be very challenging with respect to revenue generation and rapid growth inpersonnel costs, thus the states would be adversely impacted.
She also tipped non-oil revenue to grow marginally.
The minister said all ministries, departments andagencies not on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System IPPISwill not get paid as from October 2019 until they are able to do so.

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2020 Fiscal Year: NAHCON Presents N1.07bn Budget - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 24, 2019
The National Hajj Commission Of Nigeria, NAHCON HasPresented A Proposed Budget Expenditure Of 1.07 Billion Naira For Its 2020Fiscal Year Before The Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs.
The Head Of Public Affairs Division Of NAHCON, Fatima UsaraAnnounced This In A Statement Issued  In Abuja. She Explained That, TheCommission’s Acting Chairman, Abdullahi Muhammad Said The Commission’s BudgetPerformance Of The Out-Going Year Stood At 36.62 Percent As At September.
He Said While The Commission Occupies The Main Building,Annexes B And C Would Be Put Up For Revenue Generation, To Contribute A ProjectedMinimum Of 70 Million Naira Yearly.
Muhammad Also Made A Case For The Proposed Hajj SavingsScheme, Intended To Be A Multi-Dimensional Winning Formula For Pilgrims, NAHCONAs Well As The Federal Government.
In His Response, The Chairman Of The Committee, AdamuBulkachuwa, Commended The Commission For Moving Into Its Acquired Office. HeAlso Expressed Delight That A Government Agency Is Having A Tenable Vision ForSelf-Sustenance.

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2020 Hajj: NAHCON Inaugurates Team For Fare Reduction - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 24, 2020
The National Hajj Commission ofNigeria, NAHCON has asked a team of the commission on the possibility ofreducing the hajj fare.
The Commission’s Chairman, ZikrullahKunle Hassan gave the charge while inaugurating the newly constituted team ofstaff to proceed on the first official assignment to be carried out by thefourth NAHCON board.
The Head, Public Affairs, NAHCON,Fatima Sanda Usara in a statement said the team is expected to make necessaryaccommodation and feeding arrangements for the 2020 Hajj.
The Chairman also called on themembers to carry out their assignments without compromising quality or standardof accommodation or feeding.

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2020 Int’l Day: UN Launches Practical Guidance For Protection Of Children In Conflict Situations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 14, 2020
TheUnited Nations has launched a practical guidance for mediators to protectchildren in situations of armed conflict in New York.
Theevent, held at the UN Security Council chambers, was part of activities markingthe 2020 International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers. Among otherthings, the document contains guidelines for the integration of specific childprotection measures into peace processes during conflict.
Ina briefing, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said children had no role inwars, yet millions of them are caught up in armed conflicts in which they arenot merely bystanders, but targets.
Guterresstated that children below 18 years of age constitute more than 50 per cent ofthe populations of most countries affected by war. He added that children werealso among the most vulnerable groups and were unable to protect themselvesfrom the impact of conflict, adding that 250 million children lived in affectedcountries.
Accordingto a 2018 report by the Secretary-General, no fewer than 12,000 children werekilled or maimed in 20 conflict situations monitored around the world thatyear.

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2020 Legal Year: ECOWAS Court Appeals To Member States On Enforcement Of Its Judgments - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2019
The ECOWAS Court ofJustice has appealed to Member States to enforce judgment passed by the Court.
The Court’sPresident, Justice Edward Asante made the call in Abuja during the openingCeremony of the 2019 to 2020 Legal year of the ECOWAS Community Court ofJustice with the theme: “The need for a strong and Independent Regional Courtfor the Economic Integration of West Africa”.
According toAsante, the Court was concerned on the unsatisfactory rate of compliance withthe judgments of the Court. He noted that it was a major challenge of theCourt.
Asante also listedother challenges of the courts to include acute accommodation crisis,explaining that the Court do not have sufficient space to accommodate judgesand staff who are also working in an unconducive environment.
Also speaking,Director, Legislative Support Service, National Institute for Legislative andDemocratic Studies, Muhammed Ladan, recommended that sanctions be given to anyMember Sate that fails to obey the Court’s judgment.

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2020 Olympic Games Win: Super Falcons To Face Canada In April - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2022
The Super Falcons is ranked sixth in the world powered to their first-ever gold medal in the Summer Olympics football contest by thrashing Sweden 3–2 in the penalty shoot-out after both teams drew 1–1 after extra time in the final.
Nigeria has decided to join in the Canadians’ celebratory tour, with both sides scheduled to face-off in a two-match series. The first game will take place on April 8 in Vancouver, while the second match will be played three days later, on April 11, at the Starlight Stadium in Langford.
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2020 Olympic Qualifier: Nigeria Beat 5-0 Sudan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 11, 2019
Nigeria’s under 23 football team defeated theircounterpart from Sudan, 5-0 in the second leg of their 2020 Tokyo Olympicqualifier.
The match, which was played at the main bowl of theStephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, saw the Nigerian team dominating the entire 90minutes regulation time.
In the 13 minute of the first half, Taiwo Awoniyiopened scoring for Nigeria with a beautiful header that left the Sudanesegoalkeeper stranded.
In the 25th minute, Ndifreke Effiong out-jumped twoSudanese defenders inside the 18-yard box to head home goal number two forNigeria.
Effiong, who was arguably the best Nigeria player ofthe match, scored his second goal in the 44th minute when he slotted in a crossfrom Awoniyi.
Nigeria 4th goal came in the 67th minute when SundayFelaye came off the bench to score with a superb volley.
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2020 Olympics: Former Assistant Coach Blames NFF For Falcons Failure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 9, 2019
Former Super Falcons Assistant Coach,Mansur Abdullahi has blamed the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF for thefailure of the women’s national team to qualify for the 2020 Olympic. Hedescribed it as casual approach of the Federation to female football.
The Coach lamented that under thepresent leadership of the NFF, the Falcons have twice failed to qualify for theOlympics.
Abdullahi questioned the decision ofthe NFF to draft in Coach Christopher Danjuma to lead the Super Falcons in theOlympics qualifiers when the current Assistant Coach Justin Madugu would havedone the job.
He reiterated that female football inNigeria is on a sharp decline and if the NFF refuses to change its attitude,Nigeria’s continental dominance will soon be a thing of the past.

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2020 Olympics Qualifier: Super Falcons Departs Nigeria For Abidjan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2019
Nigeria’s SuperFalcons departs Nigeria for Cote d’Ivoire, today, to keep a date with theirIvorien counterparts, on Thursday, in a second round, first leg clash for aticket to the women’s football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The African championsare expected to arrive in Abidjan in the evening to have a walk-out and willhave the official training session at the match venue on Wednesday.
Falcons beatAlgeria in the first round 3-0 on aggregate to set up a clash with the Ivoriengirls in the second round of the Olympic quarries.
Acting Head Coach,Chris Danjuma has selected seven foreign-based and eleven home-basedprofessionals for the clash, with new captain Asisat Oshoala.


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2020 Olympics Qualifiers: Oshoala, Ordega, Okobi, 3 Others Pull Out - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2019
Super Falcons’ Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has announced that six players invited for the first leg of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Women Football qualifier, billed for August 28 in Algeria will not be available, due to club duties.
Read This: Sports Betting: Nigerians Spend N730bn Annually
Theplayers, who pulled out of the clash, and have informed the Nigeria FootballFederation, NFF are Asisat Oshoala, Fracisca Ordega, Ngozi Okobi, Ngozi Ebere,Rashidat Ajibade and Osinachi Ohale.
Dennerbysaid that the players have club matches on 25 and 26 andit will be challenging for them to arrive in Nigeria a day after theirengagements to secure visas, as Algeria does not issue a visa at the point ofentry.
Heexplained that the six players will be available for the return leg, scheduledfor October 3 in Lagos.


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September 3, 2019
Nigeria’s Super Falcons set toeliminate their counterparts from Algeria and reach the next round of theAfrican qualifying series for next year’s Olympics Women Football Tournament,ahead of today’s second leg in Lagos.
The nine–time African champions,thumped their hosts 2-0 in the first leg last Wednesday, and look to quicklyshut the door against the North Africans at the Agege Stadium, Lagos, in orderto start focusing on the second round of the series against either Coted’Ivoire or Mali.
Mali, who host today’s return leg inBamako, lost 0-3 to the Ivorians in Abidjan, last week, and have a mountain tosurmount against the visitors, whose game has been steadily improving over theyears.
Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby hasstronger pack to choose from, with six foreign-based professionals, havingjoined the squad for the return leg, led by Barcelona football club of Spain’sAsisat Oshoala.
There are also defenders Ngozi Ebereand Osinachi Ohale, midfielder Ngozi Okobi and forwards Rasheedat Ajibade and FranciscaOrdega.
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2020 Olympics: Super Sand Coach, Ejo Says Camp To Start Soon - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 13, 2019
Head Coach of Super Sand Eagles, Audu Ejo, has said that camp for the team would open next week ahead of the All African Beach Soccer championship in Cape Verde.
Ejo made the disclosure in an interview with Newsmen in Lagos.
He noted that the championship, expected to begin on June 14, would be in preparation for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
The team’s Captain, Victor Tale, also said that the players  know a lot is at stake and they will do the needful to ensure the team qualifies.


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October 9, 2019
The Senate has commenced debate onthe general principles of the 2020 Appropriation Bill.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesdaypresented an estimate of 10.33 trillion naira as proposed aggregate expenditurefor 2020 to a joint session of the National Assembly.
Leader of the Senate, Senator YahayaAbdullahi, had moved a motion that a Bill for an Act to authorize the issuefrom the consolidated revenue fund of the Federation the total sum of over 10trillion naira.


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2020 Sports Festival: Deputy Governor Says National Event Will Restore Edo Glory - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 18, 2019
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu says the 2020National Sports Festival will be used to return the lost glory of sports in theState.
Shaibu, who spoke at the second Joint Technical Meeting ofthe 20th National Sports Festival on Tuesday in Benin, said the event, tagged”Edo 2020” is special to the State government and the people, because it isgoing to be hosted in a digital way.
He added that it is time to return the State to its numberone position  in sporting activities.
The Deputy Governor said that after its technical meeting,the government would endeavour to implement the outcome, so that unity of thefestival would be adhered to, to build a stronger oneness among us all.
In his remarks, the Chairman, Main Organising Committee,Adeshola Olushade said that there was great improvement in the level ofpreparation. He commended the level of work done at the Samuel OgbemudiaStadium, one of the major venues for the festival.

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2020 Tokyo Olympics: Oborududu, Brume Get Cash Reward From Fg - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 5, 2021
Silver Medalist Blessing  Oborududu  and bronze medalist Ese Brume
have been rewarded with their  promised cash of $10,000 and $7,500
respectively.
Oborududu and Brume were presented their cash by the Honourable
Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare in a ceremony
held at Grand Prince Hotel, Tokyo Japan.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister said there’s no point delaying
the reinforcement of the athletes who have made the country proud,  and
that is the reason  they were rewarded immediately for their record-
breaking   performances.
Chioma Ajunwa was the first person who won  gold medal for Nigeria in
the  women’s long  jump  event at  the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games ,
Brume thus follows suit with a bronze; while  Oborududu is the first
Nigerian Wrestler to win an Olympics medal.

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2020 Tokyo: Team Nigeria Paralympians Will Break Records In Tokyo — Captain - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2021
Team Nigeria Paralympic contingent to the 2020 Tokyo Games have assured of an impressive performance at the forthcoming games.
Team Nigeria Paralympics Captain, Lucy Ejike gave the assurance shortly after arriving their Kisarazu training camp in Japan from where they will head to Tokyo.
She noted that the team which had been training hard would use the final training camp to perfect strategies to win medals and break records at the games.
Also Para Powerlifter, Nnamdi Innocent, called for the support of Nigerians while pledging the readiness of the powerlifters to rake in medals for the country.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games will be Nigeria’s 8th consecutive appearance after maiden appearance at Barcelona 1992.
Nigeria had most successful outing at Rio 2016, finishing as Africa’s best team and 17th overall in the world on the medals table with eighth gold, two silver and two bronze medals.


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2020 U-20 Women W’cup: FIFA To Decide Nigeria’s Chance September 12 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 29, 2019
Nigeria to know the result of itsbid to host the 2020 Under-20 women’s World Cup, when Federation ofInternational Football Association, FIFA formally announce the host nation onSeptember 12th.
The Minister of Sport, Sunday Dareannounced this revelation in a Tweet after inspecting Ahmadu Bello Stadium,Kaduna.
FIFA delegation had earlier visitedNigeria and inspected Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo; Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium,Benin; Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba; Agege Stadium, Lagos amongst otherfacilities being lined up for the championship.
FIFA had then opposed Kaduna as apossible host centre, citing security concerns despite NFF’s suggestion for theNorth-West city to be involved.
The Sports Boss vowed to work withrelevant stakeholders like the NFF, to secure the FIFA Under-20 women’s WorldCup hosting right.


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2020 UTME: Jamb Accredits 650 Computer Based Test Centres Nationwide - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 6, 2020
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB says over 650 Computer Based Test, CBT centres have so far been accredited for its upcoming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
TheBoard has fixed this year’s examination for March 14th to April 4th, while anoptional mock examination for candidates is scheduled for February 18th.
Similarly,the Board had said it would commence the sales of its registration documentsfrom Monday, January 13th, to Monday, February 17th.
TheHead, Media and Information of the board Fabian Benjamin said in Lagos thatarrangements for the commencement of the sales of the documents nationwide hadbeen concluded.
Heexplained that the agency also emphasise the fact that there is no going backon the use of the National Identification Number, NIN for the acquisition ofthe registration documents by prospective candidates.

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2020 UTME: JAMB Asks Candidates To Get NIN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 25, 2019
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMBhas called on all prospective candidates for its 2020 UTME to acquire the NationalIdentification Number NIN.
The board’s Spokesman, Fabian Benjamin said that theaim was to ensure the biometric and other necessary details of a candidate werecaptured, to check examination malpractice.
Benjamin said in a statement in Lagos that the callwas necessary, now that registration for the 2020 Unified TertiaryMatriculation Examination UTME had begun.
According to Benjamin, the board has made adequatearrangement with the NIMC for prospective candidates to be registered at theexamination centres or with its licensed agents.
He said that for such candidates who had registeredand had acquired the NIN before attaining the age of 16, they would be requiredto update their NIN registration status before registering for the UTME.

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2020 UTME: Jamb Registers 700,000 Candidates In 2 Weeks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 27, 2020
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB saysabout seven-hundred thousand candidates have so far been registered for the2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME nationwide, in two weeks.
The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin,who made this known in Lagos, said the exercise has been hitch-free, withimpressive turn-out from the first day at the various accredited Computer-BasedTest, CBT centres nationwide.
Benjamin noted that the Board had black-listed forty-onecentres, out of the six-hundred-and-ninety-two centres used, over issues suchas: registration, cyber-fraud, extortion and technical deficiency. He warnedparents not to also give-in to any form of extortion.
According to him, these affected schools may wish to employother means to extort gullible parents, but that such practice should not be atthe expense of the Board or its processes.

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December 20, 2019
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC hasdirected its personnel across the country to give preference to, and enroll,all applicants sitting for the 2020 Unified Tertiary MatriculationExaminations, UTME.
NIMC’s Director-General, Aliyu Aziz, who gave the order in astatement in Abuja, said that the aim of the exercise was to ensure that allapplicants sitting for the 2020 UTME are provided with their National IdentityNumber, NIN, in line with the NIMC Act of 2007.
The move is part of the collaboration between NIMC and JointAdmission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, which had made the acquisition of NINcompulsory for applicants sitting for 2020 UTM Examination.
Aziz also advised parents and guardians to guide their wardsin carefully filling the enrollment forms, to ensure that names and date ofbirth are registered correctly.
He also enjoined school authorities and local educationsecretaries to inform and educate parents and students on the importance ofobtaining their National Identity Number.


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November 8, 2019
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB says itis yet to commence the sale of the 2020/21 Unified Tertiary MatriculationExamination, UTME application forms.
The Board’s Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin who made thisknown in Abuja, explained that the board was still in the process of admissionsand so had not commenced the sale of any form.
It also stated that admissions into private universitieswhich commenced from August 21st would end on February 15th 2020, while thesecond choice admissions for public universities would begin from November 17thto December 17th.
On the need for prospective applicants to acquire a NationalIdentification Number, NIN before registering for the examination, Benjaminsaid that the board was still in the process of initiating the plan. Heexplained that the board was still in talks with the National IdentificationManagement Commission, NIMC and making necessary arrangements to initiate theplan on the NIMC platform.

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2020 W’Cup Qualifiers: Super Eagles Face Tough Test Against Cape Verde - Coach Rohr - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 7, 2021
Rohr however, has admitted the absence of his regular UK-based internationals players back to their clubs due to strict Covid-19 restrictions on countries on high risk list, the 19 other players will show presence of mind and win the match.
The Coach insisted that he has confidence in the squad to play against the Blue Sharks this evening.
Today’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier is the first competitive game between both countries. The first and only time them met was in an international friendly in 2013 which ended goalless.

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20202 AFCON: Austin Okocha Says Eagles Will Cage Salah Of Egypt - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2022
Okocha a member of the Technical Support Group recently put in place by
the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to help the team’s campaign in
Cameroon, noted that the Eagles also have what it takes to stop Liverpool
top striker, Mohammed Salah from causing havoc in the match.
He however said Salah is one of the biggest stars that will be on parade in
Cameroon, but also recalled that the Eagles is loaded with top stars.
It was reported that Eagles landed in the Cameroonian town of Garoua, the
venue of their Group-D matches on Wednesday night.
Nigeria will also confront Sudan on January 15 and Guinea-Bissau on
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2021 AFCON: CAF Reschedules Third Place Match For Saturday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 3, 2022
A statement released by CAF confirmed that the match which was
originally scheduled for Sunday 6 February 2022, is now moved to
Saturday, 5 February 2022.
The third-place game will be played at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium.
Burkina Faso would now await a loser between Egypt and Cameroon to
contest a third place in the ongoing AFCON games.
Senegal had on Wednesday night ended the Terenga Lions run to the
AFCON final after beating them to 3-1.

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2021 AFCON: CAF Strike Out Tunisia’s Appeal Over Ending Ed Match Before 90 Minutes By Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2022
It was reported that the committee met on Thursday to deliberate on the Group-F match played on Wednesday which had ended 1-0 in favour of the Malians. And that after examining the protest and all the match officials’ reports, the Committee decided to discharged the Tunisian complain.
It was gathered that the Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe had stirred controversy during the match with some inexplicable decisions and that he had twice ended the match before the stipulated time, leading to comical scenes after the game.

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2021 AFCON: Coach Eguavoen Committed On Beating Sudan On Saturday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2022
The former Eagles captain waved aside his record as the only Nigerian Coach to have led the national team to win all three group phase matches at the AFCON, when his wards steamrolled Ghana, Zimbabwe and Senegal in Egypt 16 years ago.
Three points on Saturday will guarantee group leaders Nigeria a place in the Round of 16 of the 33rd AFCON, meaning a more relaxed approach to their final group phase clash with debutants Guinea Bissau also in Garoua on Wednesday next week. If they finish top of Group-D, the three-time champions will remain in Garoua for their Round of 16 task.
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January 12, 2022
Nigeria defeated Egypt 1-0 to move top of Group-D, as the other game of the Group between Sudan and Guinea Bissau ended goalless.
Okocha, who was one of the AFCON 2021 pundits on SuperSport, said he was impressed with the Coach’s strategies against Egypt and also applauded the performance of the players. He noted that other teams will take notice of Eagles performance against the Pharaohs.
Nigeria will face Sudan in the next game before tackling Guinea-Bissau in Eagles final Group-D game.

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2021 AFCON: Coach Manu Garba Tips Awoniyi To Score Goals In Cameroon - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2022
Garba with super record with the Under-17 and Under-20 national teams, said t Awoniyi is capable of filling the void following the withdrawal of Victor Osimhen .
It was gathered that the striker thrived under Garba with whom he won the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE and the 2015 Under-20 AFCON in Senegal where the striker was among the goals as Nigeria claimed their third title since the continental youth competition became a biennial championship.
The Foremost youth coach said Awoniyi has the potential to be a standout striker for the Eagles based of his pedigree.
However Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has been cleared of Covid-19 after been tested negative.
He is however expected to return to Italy to make himself available to Luciano Spalletti in view of the next matches, starting evaluated perhaps already with the Coppa Italia match with Fiorentina.

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2021 AFCON: Coach Rohr Demands $60,000 Bonus For Qualifying Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 1, 2021
He is asking for another bonus when he qualifies the Super Eagles to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as stated in his contract, which is expected to end in December 2022.
It was gathered that Rohr’s current contract stated that he should be paid in the local currency and reports have suggested he has often encountered difficulties converting his entitlements to Euros and shipping them to Europe, where he resides.
He is on a monthly salary of 45,000 dollars approximately about 25 million naira.

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2021 AFCON: Coach Rohr Rates Eagles Group Hard-Hitting - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 20, 2021
He noted that the Eagles must be work hard to withstand the tournament’s most successful team and seven-time winners, Pharaohs of Egypt as well as Sudan and Guinea Bissau.
Rohr was however, quick to add that the Eagles can proceed to the next round with good preparation ahead of the tournament to be hosted in Cameroon between January 19 and February 6, 2022. The Coach assured that the team is prepared, noting that Eagles defeated Egypt 1-0 in a pre-2019 AFCON final international friendly in Asaba before they finished third at the championship held in Egypt.


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January 17, 2022
This is coming after the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and the Eagles agreed before the commencement of the game in Garuoa over the mode of payment for wins and draws at the competition.
It was gathered that the Nigerian side is expected to receive the sum of 5000 dollars for a win and 2,500 dollars for a draw following the meeting, adding that the players and officials would be paid their bonuses in full after they qualified from the group stage of the competition.
It would be recalled that the Eagles defeated the Falcons of Jediane 3-1 at the Stade Roumdé Adjia to advance to the round of 16 of the competition, with goals from Samuel Chukwueze, Taiwo Awoniyi and Moses Simon securing their spot.
Nigeria is leading Group-D with six points and has qualified for the Round of 16 with a game left to play. Egypt is second while Guinea Bissau and Sudan occupy second and third spots.

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2021 AFCON: Eagles’ Interim Coach Submits Technical Report To NFF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 2, 2022
General Secretary of the federation Mohammed Sanusi confirmed the receipt the technical report on Eagles’ outing in Cameroon 2021 from the team’s technical crew led by Eguavoen.
It would be recalled that the Eagles won all her three group phase matches against Egypt, Sudan and Guinea Bissau in Garoua finishing with nine points from three matches, the team however lost by 1 goal to Tunisia in the Round of 16.
Interim Coach has however defended Maduka Okoye and Alex Iwobi after they were singled out for blame following Nigeria’s elimination from the 2021 AFCON.
Goalkeeper Okoye was trolled by fans for failing to keep out Youssef Mskani’s shot from outside the area two minutes after the break. Iwobi, who came in as a replacement for Kelechi Iheanacho in the second half was shown a red card within five minutes of his introduction.
He also maintained that Eagles gave their best and it was wrong to single out Iwobi and Maduka for Nigeria’s early exit from the tournament.

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December 24, 2021
The Coach is currently rounding off preparations for the AFCON which kicks off on January 9, 2022 in Cameroun.
Eguavoen, while speaking after meeting with officials of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF noted that some of the key players in the 40-man provisional list of players initially submitted by former Gernot Rohr are facing injury issues, which is expected to impact his selection process.
The Coach added their discussion was on players that would be invited to camp for preparations, saying as soon as the team’s coordinator sends out invitation letters to invited players’ clubs, a provisional list of 30 players would be released to the public this week. He however assured that all hands are on deck to ensure the Eagles had a successful outing adding, the names of players for camping ahead of the championship will be released this week.

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2021 AFCON: Federation Says Interim Coach Can Keep Super Eagles Job If He Wish - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 21, 2022
Eguavoen take over as on an Interim basis after Coach Gernot Rohr’s contract was terminated in December.
The 56-year-old has so far impressed at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON with the Eagles winning all their Group-D matches.
He is however supposed to hand over to Jose Peseiro after the AFCON.
Eguavoen is currently the NFF Technical Director, but the football house would allow him handle both roles.
IN another development, First Bank female Basketball team of Lagos on Thursday crushed Kada Angels 53-42 to cruise into the finals of the ongoing Mark-D Basketball Championship.
The first semi-final match played at the indoor hall, package B,  Moshood Abiola National Stadium, saw First Bank winning all the four quarters of the match.
Kada Angels’ Coach, Daddy Lawan said his players did well even though they lost their game to a better side.

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2021 AFCON: Football Administrator Says Eagles Displayed Fighting Spirit To Defeat Egypt - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 12, 2022
Amaraizu, who is a Director in the Nigerian Nationwide League One, NLO told journalists in Enugu that the Eagles have started on a good footing. He however challenged them not to lose focus on more games ahead.
The Sports administrator also warned the Super Eagles against complacency in their other group matches.
It would be recalled that the match ended 1-0 in favour of the Eagles; through a goal scored at the 30th minute of play by its forward, Kelechi Iheanacho.
The 2021 AFCON tournament kicked off on Sunday, January 9 in Cameroon and the Eagles had been drawn in Group D alongside Egypt, Guinea Bissau and Sudan.
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March 5, 2020
Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has listed team captain Ahmed Musa, assistant captain William Ekong and veteran defender Kenneth Omeruo in his 24-man Super Eagles’ roster for the quick-double 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone.
Also listed are goalkeeper DanielAkpeyi, defenders Leon Balogun and Olaoluwa Aina, midfielder Wilfred Ndidi andforwards Alex Iwobi and Victor Osimhen in the list of three goalkeepers, eightdefenders, five midfielders and eight forwards.
Nigeria has six points from theirfirst two matches and in somewhat comfortable lead in their pool, host theLeone Stars at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba on March 27, before flying toFreetown to confront the Stars at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in the return fourdays later.
All invited players, as well astechnical and administrative officials, are to report in the Delta State capitalon March 23.
Victory in both games will guaranteeNigeria a spot at the 33 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled forCameroon early next year, ahead of their away clash to Benin Republic in PortoNovo in June and home tie against Lesotho early September.


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February 18, 2020
The Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asabawill host next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match betweenNigeria’s Super Eagles and the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone.
The Director of Communications,Nigeria Football Federation, NFF Ademola Olajire, announced this in astatement, quoting the federation’s General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi.
Olajire said with NFF now havingpicked March 27 for the first match, the Sierra Leone Football Association isnow likely to opt for March 31 for the return leg.
The venue, named after formerNigeria captain and Coach Stephen Keshi of blessed memory, has hosted severalinternational matches since 2018.
Since it was opened two years ago,it has hosted matches involving the Super Eagles and the Nigeria Under-23 malesquad.
Uganda were the first oppositionentertained at the 15,400-capacity venue by the Super Eagles, in a friendlymatch which ended scoreless.
This came days after Nigeria sealeda 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON ticket in South Africa in November 2018.

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2021 AFCON: Qualifiers Resume November, Qatar 2022 In May 2021 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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This means a busy schedule awaits the participating teams, with double-headers from November 2020 through to November 2021 in the battle for spots to the final tournament of the two competitions.
The timetables for the two competitions have had to be revised in light of the COVID-19 outbreak which halted many sports activities across the continent and beyond for some time.
For Cameroon 2021, the qualifiers will hold from 9 to 17 November, 2020 with the Day 3 and Day 4 matches, while the penultimate and ultimate matches take place from 22 to 30 March, 2021. While Qatar 2022 will commence the journey between May 31 and June 15, 2021 with the Day 1 and Day 2 matches.
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November 1, 2019
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has announced hissquad for next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches againstBenin Republic and Lesotho.
In a press release by the Nigeria Football Federation,Ahmed Musa returned to the team after recovering from injury.
Also back in the team are Kenneth Omeruo, Mikel Aguand Daniel Akpeyi, who last featured in the team at the 2019 AFCON.
Ramon Azeez, who was called up for the friendlyagainst Brazil returns, while regulars Alex Iwobi, Victor Osimhen, SamuelChukwueze, Moses Simon and Samuel Kalu also made the team.
Rohr however, placed on standby the trio of LeonBalogun, Peter Olayinka and Oghenekaro Etebo.
Nigeria will start their 2021 AFCON qualifyingcampaign against Benin Republic on November 13th, before flying to Maseru toplay Lesotho on November 17th.

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2021 AFCON: Sports Minister Hosts Session With Super Eagles On Arrival From Cameroon - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 26, 2022
Dare, while speaking at the occasion applauded the team despite the team’s early exit from the AFCON edition of the tournament and also expressed confidence of Nigerians in the squad managed at the African football masterpiece by Augustine Eguavoen.
He however stressed that Super Eagles have put Africa and the rest of the world on notice, noted that Nigerian football will be characterized by greater team work, effort and cohesion.
The Minister also lauded Eguavoen and the Coaching staff and concluded that they gave a strong performance despite the early exit.
On his part, Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa has assured that the team will return stronger after their exit from the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon.
Meanwhile, the former Africa champions will aim at saving her image when they meet the Black Stars of Ghana for 2022 FIFA World Cup ticket in the play-offs in March.

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December 22, 2021
It would be recalled hat Super Eagles were earlier scheduled to open camp in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state on December 28 and that the Abuja camp is now expected to open same Tuesday next week.
The Eagles will open their AFCON campaign on January 11 against Egypt.
The Minister’s announcement came just after the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja was handed back to the sports ministry by the contractors after major renovation. The stadium is expected to soon host matches involving the country’s various teams.
IN same vein, Napoli of Italy striker Victor Osimhen has assured citizens of his readiness for the fast approaching 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON if picked by Super Eagles’ coach.
Osimhen took to his verified twitter handle on Tuesday to announce his readiness to be part of the continental football showpiece starting in Cameroon on the 9th of January, 2022.

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